At least one killed, 30 injured after train derails in the NetherlandsRescue teams are at the scene of the incident at Voorschoten, a village near The HagueTue Apr 04 2023 - 09:14
Dutch women to appeal ruling in case against religious orderLegal action, claiming abuse was suffered in the care of nuns, fails after court refuses to lift time-barMon Apr 03 2023 - 13:51
Dutch man believed to have fathered more than 550 children‘Obsessive’ sperm donor facing court action to force him to stop donatingWed Mar 29 2023 - 19:28
Single-issue success of Dutch farmers’ party spells trouble for RutteEmergence of party opposed to plans to reduce nitrogen emissions has shocked mainstream politicsFri Mar 24 2023 - 15:46
International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Putin: What happens next?ICC has no ‘police force’ and depends on willingness of court’s member states to hold and transfer fugitives to The HagueSun Mar 19 2023 - 15:30
Rutte insists his coalition can survive rise of farmers’ protest partyAcknowledging the ‘strong performance’ of the BBB party, the Dutch prime minister said the result would not jeopardise the government’s survivalThu Mar 16 2023 - 19:37
Dutch government creates €2.5m fund to deter criminal involvement in electionsFund aimed at ensuring local politicians are not deterred from standing for election because they are being threatened by criminals ‘with deep pockets’Wed Mar 15 2023 - 17:46
Medicines agency and Amsterdam council clash over proposed location of new ‘erotic centre’Mayor rejects suggestion the erotic centre would have any impact on the safety of the medicines agency or its staffThu Mar 09 2023 - 17:52
Original Dutch from Doggerland were dark-skinned, research finds Study of movements of hunter-gatherers in Europe in last 35,000 years posits pigmentation change as evolutionary reaction to shift in dietFri Mar 03 2023 - 16:51
Moves to set up court that could try Vladimir PutinEurope responds to Ukraine’s pleas by setting up a new legal body in the Hague to target the Russian regime’s leaders for the crime of aggression against a sovereign stateThu Mar 02 2023 - 16:04
Spying claims: Netherlands expels 10 Russian diplomatsDutch military intelligence chief says it has evidence Moscow used ship in North Sea to map energy networks with ultimate aim of ‘disruption or sabotage’Mon Feb 20 2023 - 18:10
Netherlands king urged to honour ‘Dutch Schindler’Jan Zwartendijk helped thousands of Lithuanian Jews avoid Nazi extermination camps of second World WarThu Feb 16 2023 - 18:15
Dutch royals under increasing pressure to pay taxParliamentary motion passed but majority not reached to force constitutional change in NetherlandsTue Feb 07 2023 - 17:46
Man (37) in Dutch custody on suspicion of serving with Islamic StateSecurity services’ failure to uncover man’s identity re-ignites debate in the Netherlands on country’s vulnerability to hardened militantsFri Jan 20 2023 - 16:28
Netherlands experiment bans young offenders from social mediaStrategy aims to break links between gangs and those involved in serious crimeMon Jan 16 2023 - 20:11
Boy’s injuries prompt Netherlands to consider fireworks banSurgeons forced to amputate hand and remove eye of 11-year-old child in UtrechtThu Jan 05 2023 - 07:45
Ombudsman in the Netherlands criticises Rutte governmentPrime minister warned that multiple failures are “diminishing public trust”Tue Jan 03 2023 - 18:42
Shell agrees to pay Nigerian villages €15m over oil leaksSettlement ends one of the longest-running civil actions in the NetherlandsTue Dec 27 2022 - 16:23
Losing their religion: survey shows Dutch becoming increasingly secularStatistics show marked decline in percentage of Dutch population self-identifying as Catholic or ProtestantFri Dec 23 2022 - 17:30
EU and International Criminal Court divided over Ukraine war tribunal‘Growing consensus’ that a special court is required to try crimes of Russian aggression in Ukraine, Dutch foreign minister saysSun Dec 18 2022 - 21:32
Netherlands makes abortion easier to accessGovernment allows general practitioners to prescribe abortion pillsThu Dec 08 2022 - 20:02
Accountability for international crimes comes with a price few are prepared to payFunding of the International Criminal Court will be a hot topic when its 123 supporting countries meet in The Hague this weekSun Dec 04 2022 - 17:53
Case that shocked Netherlands ends with gymnastics coach jailed The defendant received a 12-year sentence for the manslaughter and sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl who trained at his clubWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:00
Netherlands bans laughing gas due to growing health threatNitrous oxide can cause headaches, numbness and permanent spinal cord injury, neurologists sayThu Nov 24 2022 - 20:17
Top Netherlands TV presenter accused of bullyingMatthijs van Nieuwkerk reported to have created a ‘culture of fear’Mon Nov 21 2022 - 18:28
Three guilty of murdering 298 people in MH17 airplane attackMalaysia Airlines plane, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a Russian missile in 2014Thu Nov 17 2022 - 16:50
Retrial ordered over murder of Dutch journalistOriginal trial of two men was dramatically stopped in July after a crucial witness was identifiedFri Nov 04 2022 - 15:53
Netherlands aided ‘provocative’ bid by British intelligence to recruit diplomat, says RussiaAmbassador rebuked by Moscow after head of Dutch intelligence warned entrepreneurs they could be approached by those trying to bypass sanctions and buy new technology for RussiaTue Nov 01 2022 - 18:51
Dutch ministry to investigate reports of China operating two illegal ‘police stations’ in countryStations are believed to be part of a worldwide network of at least 46, in cities from Dublin to Barcelona, New York and OntarioWed Oct 26 2022 - 17:34
Dutch government told to address refugee centre conditions without delayJudges say ‘immediate action’ needed to help those most at risk at Ter Apel facilityWed Oct 19 2022 - 19:06
Refugee accommodation crisis requires far more than an apology from Dutch PM RutteHague Letter: Inaction from richest local authorities shows crisis is about nothing more exceptional than plain old-fashioned NimbyismSun Oct 16 2022 - 19:20
Dutch government to appeal ruling over poor accommodation for refugees Dutch government to appeal ruling over poor accommodation for refugees and asylum seekersMon Oct 10 2022 - 18:58
Dutch government ordered to improve ‘primitive’ refugee centre in damning judgmentInspectors at Ter Apel centre found chronic overcrowding, filthy toilets and inadequate medical careFri Oct 07 2022 - 15:52
Nicaragua ends diplomatic relations with the NetherlandsRow over human rights follows deteriorating relationship with US and EUMon Oct 03 2022 - 17:16
Further arrest over killing of Dutch journalist last year Man (30) set to be extradited from Poland on suspicion of helping plan shooting dead of Peter R de VriesTue Sept 27 2022 - 16:44
Four Dutch nationals arrested in plot to kidnap Belgian justice ministerKidnapping believed to have been planned following at least 10 arrests in recent months as police in the two countries dismantle networks importing cocaine from South AmericaMon Sept 26 2022 - 17:33
Dutch princess starts college under heavy security due to criminal threatPlans for Princess Amalia to move into shared accommodation at Amsterdam University have been shelvedTue Sept 20 2022 - 19:08
Kandinsky masterpiece to be returned by museum to heirs of Jewish family from whom work was lootedReturn of artwork marks first major act of restitution by a specialist committee set up in 2001Sun Sept 18 2022 - 21:00
‘Unprecedented decline’ in mental health of young Dutch teenagersReport says a significant increase in emotional problems has been matched by a rise in behavioural issuesThu Sept 15 2022 - 17:18
Factory ships to double gas capacity in NetherlandsTwo vessels will process imported liquified natural gas which will be distributed through the national gridTue Sept 13 2022 - 17:27
Police swoop on significant Dutch-Belgian drug gang Dutch-Belgian drug trafficking gang arrestedTue Sept 06 2022 - 17:13
Drive-by shooting by youths killed Dutch commando in US Three Dutch special forces soldiers were in Indiana to take part in urban warfare exercisesFri Sept 02 2022 - 18:02
Dutch special forces soldier dies following US hotel shootingTwo other off-duty soldiers injured in incident in IndianaMon Aug 29 2022 - 18:20
Controversy in the Netherlands over Ukraine refugees programme Government criticised for accepting asylum seekers without having adequate accommodation and for ‘terrible’ conditions at its main ‘reception centre’ in Ter ApelFri Aug 19 2022 - 17:20
The Dutch will remember this summer for the farmers’ resistanceHague letter: Dramatic cut in national livestock herd aimed at reducing emissions fuels protestsWed Aug 17 2022 - 19:00
Airline bans passenger after crash image circulated prior to take-off Teenager escorted off aircraft by military police and under questioning says image sent as ‘a joke’Fri Aug 12 2022 - 15:31
Dutch seaweed farmers complete world’s first offshore mechanical harvestFeat marks first step towards large-scale development of commercial seaweed farms in North Sea, says farmers’ groupThu Aug 11 2022 - 17:38
UN court clears way for Myanmar genocide case to proceedCourt rejects Myanmar’s objections over the jurisdiction of the International Court of JusticeFri Jul 22 2022 - 18:27
Dutch king pardons TV presenter turned cocaine smuggler for unclear reasonsPublic prosecution service says it advised against former TV presenter’s releaseThu Jul 21 2022 - 17:37
Holidays in the sun or criminals on the run? Dutch police seek tourist tipsters as extra long arm of the lawBeside arrivals and departures screens at key Dutch airports is a third set of new screens identifying eight of the country’s most wanted criminalsTue Jul 19 2022 - 19:03
